In the American Tree

"For millennia, poets have had to make their own way and the world that goes with it. The genius of these various writers and the consummate clarity with which they are presented here make very clear again that not only is this the road now crucial for all poetry, it's literally where we are going."—Robert Creeley

"This historic anthology brings into long-needed focus the only serious and concerted movement in American literature of the past two decades. It will be indispensable to anyone with interest in writing's present and hope for writing's future."—Peter Schjeldahl

"Provocative in its critique and antidote, this collection invites the curious writer/reader to question all assumptions regarding generally agreed upon values of poetic language practices. Unexpected pleasures may surprise unacknowledged complacency."—Kathleen Fraser